Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s Nomination Board has been appointed. The Nomination Board comprises representatives of the three largest shareholders of the company and, in addition, two expert members: the Chairman of the Board of Directors and a person nominated by the Board of Directors. The following three persons have been appointed as representatives in the Nomination Board: Mikael Lilius (Ahlström Capital Oy), Alexander Ehrnrooth (Viknum AB and Belgrano Inversiones Oy) and Mikko Mursula (Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company).

The Chairman of the Board of Directors Peter Seligson will, according to the charter of the Nomination Board, acts as an expert member of the Nomination Board. In addition, the Board of Directors has elected Elisabet Salander Björklund as the second expert member of the Nomination Board.

The Nomination Board has among its members elected Mikael Lilius as chairman. The right to nominate the shareholder representatives lies with those three shareholders whose share of all the voting rights in the company is on May 31 preceding the next Annual General Meeting the largest on the basis of the shareholders’ register of Ahlstrom-Munksjö held by Euroclear Finland Ltd and the register of shareholders held by Euroclear Sweden AB.

The Nomination Board has been appointed by (1) Ahlström Capital, (2) Viknum AB and Belgrano Inversiones Oy (acting jointly), and (3) llmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company.

Holdings by a group of shareholders, who have agreed to nominate a joint representative to the Nomination Board, are summed up when calculating the share of all the voting rights, provided that the shareholders in question present a joint written request to that effect together with a copy of such an agreement to the Chairman of the Board no later than on May 30 preceding the Annual General Meeting. Ahlstrom-Munksjö has been informed that such an agreement has been made by Viknum AB and Belgrano Inversiones Oy.

On May 31, 2018, the holding of Ahlström Capital (through fully owned subsidiary AC Invest Five B.V.) was 17,935,919 shares (18.6%), the combined holding of Viknun AB and Belgrano Inversiones Oy was 12,160,595 shares (12.6%), and the holding of Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company was 3,025,765 shares (3.14%).

The Nomination Board prepares proposals to the Annual General Meeting for the election and remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors and the remuneration of the members of the Board committees and the Nomination Board.